Improvement in cane-strippers



Patented Sept. 18A 1866.

W BARR. Gane-Strippe.

N PETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER. WASmNGTcN. n c.

UNTTED STATES PATENT Tron,

VILLIAM N. BARR, OF RICHMOND, INDlANA.

IMPROVEMENT lN CANE-STRIPPERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 58,049, dated September 1S, 1866.

l'o all whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, W. N. BARR, of Richmond, in the county of ayne and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Gane-Leaf Strippers; and I do hereby decla-re thatl the following is a full, clear, and exact description ot' the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, formingl a part ot' this specilication, in which- Figure l is a side elevation, with one ot' the sides or corners removed to show the workin g parts. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section ot' same through the line .r a'.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre! sponding parts in both iigures.

This invention consists in a novel arrangement and combination ot` stripping blades, springs, and guides, whereby a greater number may be arranged i-n one frame, a-nd a less number ot" springs are required to operate the same number ot' blades or strippers than in any machine heretofore constructed.

To enable others to construct my invention, and apply it to practical use, I will proceed to describe it, having reference to the drawings.

A is a frame, of wood or other material, containing within it a series ot' strippers, B, C, D, and E, four being represented in the drawings. Each of these sets of strippers is made up ot' three yielding cutting blades or edges and one stationary one. Two of the yielding blades, ct b, of each set move outwardly from the center in a horizontal direction, and the third yielding blade, c, moves in a direction up or down at right angles to the blades c and b, and the stationaryvv blade d in. all cases is tixed near the inner edge of the frame, as

shown in Fig. 1 ot the drawings.

The inner opposite edge of the blades or cuttingedges c b c d are concave, or curved to such an extent that they t'orm, when opened.

up to their work. and causing them to iit snugly the increasing or decreasing thickness of the cane, andinsuring the removal otl the leat1 and fodder from the entire lengt-h and surface of the cane.

It will be seen that in the arrangement of strippers and springs shown in the drawings there are four sets ot" strippers operated upon by eight springs, the t'our vertically-moving blades c being kept in their position by the two springs F, and each pair ot' horizontally-moving blades b b of the upper 'and lower sets is operated upon by the single spring G. Iu-this arrangement there is great compactness secured, and the parts are less in number than those in machines heretofore constructed.

To prevent the longer springs F from bulging or buckling to either side, a guide-piece,f, is placed on the inside ofthe slides f and on each side of the spring, which allows a free rectilinear motion of the springs, but tends to prevent or correct any liability of the spring bending' in a lateral direction.

The whole of the springs7 slides, and cutting blades or edges may be worked without being boxed in; or, to prevent foreign matter from becoming mixed in vwith the working parts, a cover, J, may be attached to the frame on each side, with apertures jj facing the opening to and exit from the cuttinged ges.

When the cane isintroduced into or between the cutting blades, the springs cause them to hug closely the surface ot' the cane, andstrip or scrape the leaves therefrom, and the springs give or yield as the cane becomes thicker, still exerting pressure sufficient for the blades to do their work.

The red outlines shown on one of the sets of strippers in Fig. l show their position when open to their fullest extent, forming a complete circular opening equal in diameter to the thickness of the largest cane-stalk which may be required to pass through them.

rlhe frame, containing any desired number of these strippers, can be arranged conveniently in connection with any ot' the known constructions of'cane-inills, and are to be fed by hand, the roller of the mill drawing the cane through the strippers, removing the leaves, and expressing the juice at the same operation, and

the fodder or leaves stripped from the cane are left in one spot, convenient to be removed Without unnecessary trouble.

I do not claim the use of two pairs of blades,

' one pair set back of the other, as they have been used prior t0 my invention. Neither do I claim the springs acting against the blades 5 but Vhat I do claim as my invention, and de- Y sire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination of several sets of strippers in one frame, when constructed, arran ged 

